ACID-PRUF Project Structure
WP1 Aerosol Interactions with Liquid Water (lead by: Dr Rami Alfarra)
- ST1 Kinetic limitations to water partitioning between condensed and gas phases
contribution from: University of Bristol
- ST2 Quantify factors affecting particle ensemble water uptake
contributions from: University of Manchester, Leeds and Bristol
- ST3 (Quantify factors affecting CCN and IN number by SOA formation from VOC oxidation
contributions from: University of Manchester, York, Leicester and Cambridge
WP2 Ice Nucleation and Microphysics (lead by: Dr Paul Connolly)
- ST1 Heterogeneous nucleation of ice by mineral particles
contributions from: University of Manchester, Hertfordshire, Leeds and Cambridge
- ST2 Importance of ultra-viscous or glassy solutions for ice nucleation in photo-chemically generated SOA
contributions from: University of Manchester, Hertfordshire and Leeds
- ST3 Kinetic limitations of ice crystal and liquid water growth
contributions from: University of Manchester and Hertfordshire
- ST4 Ice crystal roughness
contributions from: University of Hertfordshire and Manchester
- ST5 Quantification of the HM-process in the laboratory
contribution from: University of Manchester
WP3 Process and Cloud Resolving Modelling (lead by: Prof Alan Blyth)
- ST1 Interpretation of parameters investigated in WP1 using an aerosol-cloud and precipitations interaction model (ACPIM)
contributions from: University of Manchester, Met Office
- ST2 Model uncertainty and cloud radiative forcing due to processes at CRM scale
contributions from: University of Leeds, Manchester and Hertfordshire
- ST3 Evaluation of sub-grid vertical velocity pdfs
contributions from: University of Exeter, Oxford and Leeds, Met Office
WP4 Large-Scale Modelling (lead by: Prof Phillip Stier)
- ST1 Quantitative uncertainty analysis of aerosol-cloud processes in global models
contributions from: University of Oxford, Met Office
- ST2 Improvement of the representation of aerosol-cloud processes in global models
contributions from: University of Leeds, Oxford and Manchester, Met Office
- ST3 Quantification of uncertainty reductions in aerosol indirect radiative forcing
contributions from: University of Oxford, Met Office
WP5 Quantification of uncertainty (coordinator: Prof Ken Carslaw)
- ST1 Uncertainties in global CCN
contributions from: University of Leeds and Manchester
- ST2 Uncertainties in cloud drop & ice crystal concentrations and radiative effects
contributions from: University of Leeds and all partners
- ST3 Uncertainties in global indirect aerosol radiative forcing
contributions from: University of Leeds and all partners
The following table lists the processes and properties under investigation and the tasks in which they are being explored.
Kinetic limitations to water uptake by liquid droplets |
WP1 ST1, WP3, WP4, WP5 |
Impacts of semi-volatile aerosol components on water uptake |
WP1 ST2 & ST3, WP3, WP5 |
Impacts of aerosol phase on water uptake |
WP1 ST2 & ST3, WP3, WP5 |
Heterogeneous nucleation of ice by mineral particles |
WP2 ST1, WP3, WP4, WP5 |
Impacts of aerosol properties on IN behaviour |
WP2 ST2, WP3, WP4, WP5 |
Kinetic limitations to water uptake by ice crystals |
WP2 ST3, WP3, WP4, WP5 |
Ice crystal roughness |
WP2 ST4, WP3, WP5 |
Ice multiplication processes |
WP2 ST5, WP3, WP4, WP5 |